The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-12 00:00:00

STAMFORD. *----~~ ~-~.,,i. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU*, Stamford, Saturday Night, scan. 9. Sir—My hopes of another Liberal triUmph to-day have been realized. In spite of Tory treating and Toq iau ence, the Lib era l s h ave succeeded in returoiot two out of the - three Councillors wanted to supply tI.Ve vacancies crea ted by the election of Councillors to the office of Alder men ; and that triumph is increased by the fact, that. it was ; accomplished in the Tory Ward of the Borough. The.pre cise numbers for each candidate (or whom there were nine) ''ill not be promulgated till ten o'clock on Monday morning, but the three successful candidates have been de clared (I may almost say officially) to-night. They are Messrs. Fvsh and Tebbutt, stanch Reformers, and Mr. Li-mein, who, though a Conservative in general . phlis olitics, is expected to prove an independent Councillor. Graee of Wellington passed through here this after n°on, on his way to dine at Burghley ; and I hope by this time is apprised of this second" untoward event." Your's, A STAMFORDIAN, CARNARV ON. A most important meeting of the nobility, clergy, gentry, and freeholders of the county of Carnarvon, was held in the Shire-hall, on Friday, to consider the best means of co g)peratin; w i t h t h e c i tizens of Dublin, in support of a pro ject for communicating between Dublin and London, by railway and steam-packet, in twelve hours. The High Sheriff presid e d. Th e meeting was attended by the Right lion. Lord NeWhurgh, Colonel Jones Parry, M.P., &c. Letters were road from T. A. Smith, Esq., M.P. ; W. I,nisly Ge,re, E sq . M . P . ; J ohn Maddocks, Es P• for 'Denbigh ; q., late C. Griffith Wynne, late M.P. Esq., fur ti,, county of Carnarvon ; all highly approving of the Prc'ket, as of great national and local advantage. Ile main features are as follow :—.The distance from Kingstown to Portdynllaen, in Carnarvonshire, which is an excellent harbour, capable at all hours of the tide of shelter 'n; the l argest classes of steam-packets, is supposed to be run !n fir , : hours ; and the land route of 220 miles, by railway, ul seven hours, making a total of twelve hours only. The line is highly recommended, as the voyage from Kingstown to Pnrtdynllean is a much more favourable one than that from the former porno Holyhead : and from the superior c l ass o f vesse l s that can be employed up on it, be raade much more expeditiously and certain. Besides 11°I.Yllead is a notoriously bad harbour, very shallow, and °illy Suitable for vessels drawing eleven feet of water, and is condemned port by the insurance offices. Portdynllaen, nn the con t rary , a ff or d s anc h orage i n f rom twenty , to forty- 1 'five feet of water, and is by nature formed for an asylum 'harbour, in that part of the Irish channel, and has away be en recommended as such b y the ruost experienced l engi s ne ers, such as the late Mr. Roplers and Mr. Rennie. The railway is projected earough Merionethshire, Mont-I g e tneryshire 'Worcester, and Oxford, and th e diffi cu l t i es to he encountered are /ess than on the London and Bir mingham. The project: is advocated as a national one. The advan tages are--fhat it will beat any other line (the Liverpool 11tirtningharn Railway off er in g a t p resent t h e greatest 171) by elev en h ours, an d if the projected railways in re -and are carried into execution, that any part of Ireland "nay be communicated with from the London seat of Go- Yernment in twenty-four hours ! This will be the means of Thteroducing into Ireland what s h e so much wants, not only C apital and enterprise, but tilt mind of England. It will thus furnish profitabfe emlo to the peasantry, and c h ec k that spirit of iusurrec p tion yment consequent upon idle ness, want, and distress. It must also materially lessen the cost_ o f governing Ireland, as by pl ac i ng it i n more imme diate connexion with the Government, much of the local ex- Penditure will be saved, particularly in troops, and the nume rous co nstabulary. The whole project, saltsindeed, offers re q. the greatest importance to all interests—national, "nirnercial, and agricultural. The meeting was addressed by John Lloyd, Esq., Colo nel Jones Parry, &c., and a string of resolutions were jPassed unanimously, declaratory of the utility of the pro ect in every po i nt of view, and the advantages it embraced. A provisional committee was appointed ; and also a depu tation to the public meeting to be holden in Dublin on the 20th inst., at which the Lord Mayor will preside. IRELAND. COLLECTION OF TITHES—THE GOVERN:IENT.—The following official circular has just been issued by the Irish Government " Dublin Castle, 24th December, 1835. His Excellency directs that the Inspector-General will in this case grant the protection required, under the direction of 4 -magistrate : but his Excellency wishes that the Inspector- General should distinctly understand the grounds on which the police protection is in this case given, because cases may occur h ick the I nspector-G enera l may cons i der similar, but with the pect to which a diff erent rule is to be observed. In this case Processes issu e from the Civil Bill Court, and are to be served by persons apPointed by the C our t, w h o h ave of them selves no authorit y to command the protection required. On the other hand, when the processes issue from Superior Courts, parties have the means of obtaining the assistance of the Sheriff, who is by law invested with full power to call on the police or military to protect him in the performance of his duty. The same rule applies to the case of decr ees o f th e Ci v il Bill Court. They are di rected to the Sheriff, and the parties may call upon that officer to execute them ; besides, in suits in the Superior Courts the parties may obtain from these Courts an. order for substituting, as it is called, the service of process, which renders it unnecessary to serve the process personally on the defendants, or even to leave it at their residence. In all eases, therefore, except in the service of Civil Bill processes, his Excellency considers that the parties should apply to the mown and responsible officer appointed by law for the perform ance of this duty, The Inspector-General will understand that, even in the ease above-mentioned, where his Excellency considers police protection should be given, under no circum stances are th e police to act except under the direction of a ma gistrae, and after reference has been made to the Lord Lieu tenant, and his Excellency's sanction obtained. The Inspector- General will understand that there is nothing in the above to prevent the interference of the police, if called on, in cases of immediate emergency, on the written requisition of a magis trate, to suppress an actual breach of the peace. QUEEN'S C OUNTY MORPETH." DINNER TO 'MR. O'CONNELL.— We are informed that Mr. O'Connell has fixed Monday, the 18th inst., as the day upon whi c h h e w ill b e a bl e t o meet his Q u e en ' s County friends at the dinner at Stradbally.— Morning Register. COUNTY DUSLIN REGISTRY.---It appears from our re- Port of the County Dublin Quarter Sessions, that the Liberals have a majority of sixteen upon the registered ! Thi s is most gratifying, and it behoves the Liberal s w h ose names are coittained in the remaining 2 . 62 notices, to be up and stirring, to prevent their enemies from beating down the advantatre' already obtained. The dinner to Mr. O'Connell' in Cork is postponed to the 20th. On Christmas Eve a party of 100 persons attacked the Pound of Monaparson, within half a mile of Ballinamoan, and four of Mallow, and libeiated four cows, distrained for rent., Many of the party were armed with guns, and seve rat shots were fired. On Saturday, as two bailiffs of the Rev. Mr. Williamson Plat serving p rocesses for composition rent, at the same e, they were attacked with sticks and stones, and only saved by flight from being murdered by the assailants. D wring the late frost and northerly winds, our har bour has been literally crowded with ships. Besides those nWhich were lying in the different fleets, the harbour for full ee7quarters of a mile i n l en gth, was comp l ete l y t h ronge d h‘ vessels which were arranged five, six, and seven tiers tr P. presenti ng an immense forest of masts. S f ! f liag accidents haVe occUrred, oecasioned by the gusts ew of buds the swe lli ng of. the tide, and the drifting of' the ice, no material injury has been sustained. The late thaw Tasand southerly wi n d s h ave g i ven an opportunity for many sels t o l eave the harbour and proceed to sea within the a , uaY or tw o , an d a c h eer f u l activity is again beginning ' 45 Prevail in the nautical world.—Norfolk Chronicle. iYesterday an inquest was held at the Red Lion, alworth, before M r . C arter, on t h e b o d y of John Russell assistant to a ch em i s t an d d rugg i st, w h o destroyed himself by taking a dose of prussic acid. ';he deceased had been about six months in the employ of Mr. Godwin, and during some portion of that time had exhibited a great Propensity for reading- religious books, and in some in coces neglected his business for the purpose. Previously deslaostn Thursday he appeared to be labouring under great P de neY of mind, and in the course of that day he ab sented him s lf from the warehouse - for a considerable time. Men inquieri search made,esh Were made respecting the deceased, and h a within the water° was discovered in the agonies of cleat inside, and it e l oset, the door of which he had fastened ascertained thew dec _o_bliged to be broken open. It was me,ould.had taken pruisic acid, and in such a quantity as persons. There w as no caused the death of several evidencei adduced to show that the deceased had ever exhibited symptoms of dis or d ere d intel lect p rev iously to committing Were described as being highl the rash a c t, an d hi s f am il y y respe c t a bl e . A ver di ct o f Insanity" was returned. One of the most expert Pickpocket s o f P ar i s was caught on Sunday evening, at the Italian Theatre, in the act of _extracting the purse of the Secretary of the R uss i an Ambassad or . H e is always dressed i n the height of fashion, and ge nera ll y h as escaped suspicion f rom nis elegant ap pearance an d gent l eman ly address, and fr om never having been seen in plebeian society. The Rev. E. Berens, Archdeacon of Ilerk s , and ' l ector of E ng l e fi e ld, re d uce d his tithes 20 per cent. at his audit held on t h e st h o f J anuary, in a dditi on to 20 per cent.laken off a few years ago,,making a reduction of 40 Per cent• —a worthy example in the present depres se d sLate of agrieulture.—Berkshire Chronicle, !RIGHTON-MONDAY. Their Majestic , i,tok a carriage airing to Shoreham thisaftPrm`ja. TEe Duke of Dorset took his (lefi6.rtttre for London this morning, at eleven Names iert at the Palace this morning by Admiral Sir D. and Lady Gould an d INlif!tz. Ally, General Gas coyne, Colonel and. hire. Gooch, Lady Cecil Delafield, Rear-Admiral Sir T. and Lady Rodd, Vice-Admiral Sir C. and Lady Rowley, Captain Piece, &c. General Gascoyne was the only additional guest at the Royal dinner-table yesterday. The performances at the theatre on Saturday were under the patronage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta. The house was well attended. Signor Pioni's Concert, on Saturday evening, was pa tronised by a numerous party of our fashionables. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria will leave Ramsgate this day. Their Royal Highnesses will dine and sleep at Sittingbourne, and arrive at Kensington Palace to-morrow afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glennlg, Mr. Spring Rice, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Ho wick. The Council sat an hour and a half. The President of the Royal College of Physicians had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, in Downing -street. Sir Hussey Vivian and Mr. Kemp, M.P., had inter views yesterday with Viscount Melbourne. A deputation of Short Stage Coach Proprietors, includ ing Messrs. J. Chancellor, M. Balls, W. T. East, and T. Taylor, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Stanhope, in Dover -street, from his seat in Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Davenport, and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from the Continent ; Captain and Mrs. Shed den, at ditto, from Southampton ; Adams, 2 Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Scott, at Crawley's Hotel, Albe marlt-street, from Tunbridge Wells ; J. Morris, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Dr. Hawtry, in Brook -street, from Hast ings ; Captain Wilbraham, at Raggett's Hotel,' Dover-street ; Captain Maine, R.N., at ditto, from Portsmouth ; John Mose ley, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Suffolk Sir E. Poore, Bart., at ditto, from Hants ; Captain Manning, in Dover-street, from Melton Mowbray; Captain and Mrs. Sheddon, at Batts' Hotel, Dover-street, from Hants. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Chesterfield, from Nottingham, for his seat, Bradby-pa.k, 'Leicestershire ; the Earl and Countess of War wick and suite, for Warwick Castle ; C. C. Martyn, Esq., Mrs. Martyn, and Miss Eliott, for Paris; Viscount and Vis countess Lake, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for. Brighton; Lady F. Jones, from ditto, for her seat in Shrop shire ; Lord and Lady Sydney, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for Paris; Charles Green away, Esq., from ditto, for Cheltenham; Captain Coiling ham, from ditto, for the North ; R. Worthington, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin ; William Blackstone, Esq., M.P., from ditto ; Colonel Gooch, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's- street, on a tour; Captain Martin, from ditto, for Melton Mowbray ; Colonel Carmichael, for Paris; Hon. Captain Beresford, for ditto ; Viscount Adare, from the Green Park Hotel, for ditto ' • Lord and Lady Louth and Miss Roche, from Mivart's Hotel, for Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Dawkins, for for ditto; Evans Freke, Esq., for ditto ; L. Leighe, Esq., for ditto; - Bladeford, Esq., for ditto; Sir George and Lady Westphal, from Upper Seymour-street, for Brightou ; Lady and Miss Malcolm, from Batt's Hotel, for Warfield House. We have the pleasure to state that Lady Wr iothes [ay Russell daily improves in health. The Count de Flahault and Lady Keith have just had the misfortune to lose their eldest daughter. We believe the Duke of Leinster is to propose the Address in the House of Peers on the opening of the Session. The Duke and Duchess of Gordon have arrived at Gordon Castle, county of Banff, from a tour of visits in the south, which they paid en route from the metropolis. His Grace's seat, (Huntley Lodge), has been for some time occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Car- niarthen. The Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch are on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Haddington, at'Lyning,- ham House, Dunbar, North Britain. The Duke of Buckingham continues indisposed. The Duke and Duchess have left Avington, for Stowe Park, where his. Grace receives constant visits from his nu merous friends. The Duke of Newcastle is dispensing his usual hospitalities at Clumber Park. The Duchess d'Esclignac, who consented to com promise the contention about the jewels of the late Prin ceSs Talleyrand, by accepting a sum of 9.00,000 francs, in lieu of the legacy, is the only daughter of the late Count Jacques de Talleyrand, a younger brother of the Prince, and wife of Phillippe Due d'Esclignac. The Earl and Countess of Jersey are entertaining a select party, in addition to their own family, at Middleton Park, where they will probably remain until the meeting of Parliament. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from Earl Cowper's, Pansanger, joined the circle on Saturday last. The venerable Earl PosVis has subscribed 2001. for the relief of the suffering Irish Clergy. The dinner parties at Woburn Abbey during the holydays have been attended by from 16 to 20. On Twelfth Night there was a considerable accession of visitants, and a dance, previous to the distribution of a most magnificent cake. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Thcodosia Rice will resume the occupancy of their resi dence in Mansfield-street to-day, the house he has occupied at Dulwich having been taken for two months only. The Right Hon. George Byng {Comptroller of the Household) and Lady Agnes love returned to Eaton square, from a visit to the Marquis of Anglesey, at Beau desert Park. The Marchioness is at Hampstead, for the advantage of medical advice. The whole of the fetes to be given this season by the French Ministers will take place before February, on account of the trial of Fieschi being fixed for that month, when to give them would be thoUght out of place. M. de Broglie's ball is fixed for the 12th of this month. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to honour the Rev. Robert Montgomery with a splendid silver medal, in token ofTher Royal approbation of his beautiful poem entitled " The Messiah," of which a new and elegant edi tion, being the fifth, is announced for immediate publication. REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—TIIC Re formers of Glasgow are not only united, but are deter mined to keep their own secret. It is delightful to us to witness the unanimity and the good sense displayed by our fellow-citizens—they afford a sure indication of the continued triumph of liberal principles. If the electors act in future as they are acting now, we may look forward to the cause of Reform progressing in the best and most constitutional, and therefore most desirable mode, by an unbroken series of quiet, steady, honest, and unequivoCal victories.—Scots Times. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.—A general meeting of the stockholders in this Company, was held on Friday at the Dock-house, Billiter-square, to declare a di vidend for the last half year, and on other matters. The report read by the Secretary, stated that the Company had bought the East India Company's warehouses in Fen church -street, for 86,0001., for an up-town warehouse, and that they had borrowed of the Bank of Scotland 100,0001. at 31 per cent., with the provision, that should the rate of interest be rais - ed by the Bank of England, the rate paid by the. Company should be advanced slightly. The loan was taken for five years certain, but to be paid off by the Com pany with six months' notice. The statement of accounts showed an increase of profits, and the tonnage of vessels that had entered the docks in the last year there had been an increase of 2,000 tons. A dividend of 2} per Cent., after some discussion was agreed to, and the meeting ad journed. Captain Bolder°, M.P , met with a severe accident by his horse falling with him, during the late frost, which is likely to confine him to his room for some time.—Bath Guardian. Lord Crewe arrived in town on Saturday, to make arrangements respecting a town mansion. The late Lord was an absentee for nearly a quarter of a century. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS MARSLAND, JUN. —We mentioned in our last the sad accident which this Gentleman, the third son of Major Marsland, M.P. for Stockport, had experienced on the preceding Tuesday, on his return home from this town. We are sorry now to have to state that the compound fracture of his leg was followed by mortification, and that he died on the evening of this day week.—Manchester Guardian. All private negotiations with influential persons in England to succeed Mr. Colin Dunlop having failed, there is talk of several of our own citizens being proposed. Be sides Mr. Douglas, we have heard mentioned Mr. W. Stirling, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dixon. —Glasgow Chron. The Earl and Countess of Guiford, at Waldcrshare Park, provided the annual Christmas dinner for the chil dren belonging to the National School there. Ninety-seven ' boys end eighty-three girls were regaled with a substantial repast of rorst and boiled beef, plum-pudding, and a plenti ful supply of ale. During Christmas week two fine oxen were killed and distributed among the poorer families at Waldershare, Eythorne, and the adjoining parishes. On THE SUN S LONDON, TITESDAW JANUARY 12, I 83( Now Year's Day sixty gallons of bread were given away among the parishioners Of . WaldershFcj The defalcations of the likte Ciillititor of the paro chial taxes in the parish of St: Paul, Covent-garden, will amount to little short.of 2,00/0/: ; and in addition to this, the intended new paving and 'Othoiitripiovements in the parish are obliged to be postponed, in consequence of the deficiency in its funds. _ _ _ THE GREAT CONSOLS.—We have just been in formed that a very valuable discovery has recently been made at the bottom of the Great Consols Aline in the parish of Gwennap. We believe this to be the deepest point to whicli the globe has been penetrated by any copper mine ; and the deepest but one in the known world, namely, Monk Wcarmouth Colliery, in the county of Durham. A little more than a century since our Cornish mines were but little worked for copper, tin being the chief commodity, and the operations were confined to a few fathoms only from the surface, the drainage being effected by tackles, or whims.— Cornwall Gazette. LIVING.—At the foot of the Maritime Alps, three persons and a servant can live for less than 70/. a-year ; their fare, including every delicacy of fish, flesh, and fowl, with a constant supply of the finest fruits and vegetables, and abundance of good wine.—Mirror. The Brussels Journals of the 4th inst. announce that crowds are attracted by placards posted up by a Doctor of Paris not only promising to cure the inhabitants of all their incurable complaints, but also offering to pay half the fare of such persons as wish to come to Paris to place them selves in his hands ; so that, according to the present re duced rates of the Messageries Royales, they may come from Brussels to Paris for four francs ten sous. On Wednesday last, while Lord Braybrook was sporting over his extensive domain at Odly End, near Saffron Walden, with a party of gentlemen, he, in getting through a hedge, passed one of his feet through a snare which had evidently been set for the purpose of catching hares, and it held his Lordship so tight that Iv became a complete fixture, until he was released by the attendant keepers. LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting of this Society was held on Friday. From the Report, it appeared that during the last year 7,868 children, being an increase of 2,000 upon the number, in the preced ing year, had been vaccinated in . the metropolis; and that from the first establishment of the Institution 126;429 chil dren had been vaccinated. It is much to be regretted that the funds of the charity hare not proved equal to the ex penditure. On Friday information was received at the various police offices that on the night of Monday the 28th ult., the lands of William Westbroke Richardson, Esq., called " French Land," situated at Weston, in Sussex, were un lawfully entered by several persons, armed with guns and bludgeons, for the purpose of killing game, when they mali ciously beat and ill-treated John Houson, the gamekeeper, and others whom his cries brought to the spot. Mr. Richardson has offered a reward of 1001. for the appre hension and conviction of any one of the offenders. At a beer-house on the roadside between Cranford Bridge and Salt-hill. there are two sign boards, on which are painted the words—" In God is our hope. By Stephen Keene." "To be drunk on the' premises." The barbarous custom of plundering the wrecks of ships is still carried on in Jersey. Since the wreck of the Margaret, off Jersey, in which 10 lives were sacrificed out of 15, a regular system of plunder has been carried on by the fishermen. An offer bad been made to bring the wreck safe onshore at a certain price, which, being considered ex orbitant, was refused. Since then a lawless system has been pursued of plundering every thing that could be laid hold of. Sails, spars, masts, rigging—all went'; and, not content with that, even the poor sailors' clothes have been stolen out of the forecastle ; nor has a single article found in the vessel when towed to shore been accounted for. The vessel not having been insured, the Captain estimates his loss at 2501. AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LINIERICK. —The Limerick Times of Friday brings the painful in telligence of an awful calamity having taken place in that city on the preceding night, and that in consequence of it, Mr. John=Russell, an extensive provision merchant, has sustained a loss to the amount of 30,000/. His offices and stores have been burned to the ground by a fire which is stated to have been entirely accidental. Though every pos sible effort was made to rescue from the flames as much of the property as there was the slightest chance of saving, still the actual loss is estimated at the above serious amount. Mr. Russell is an Englishman, who has been long settled in Limerick, and from the first moment, regarded there as a public benefactor. The sympathy, therefore, which is said to be expressed towards him by all classes, and the deep sorrow felt by the labouring poor, are not more the natural results of desert than of a fine and feeling apprecia tion of it. On Friday evening a ball and supper were given in a style of extraordinary splendour by Mr. Herbert Langham, at Cottesbrook Hall, in Northamptonshire, to all the no bility and gentry of that county. This celebrated seat built by the scientific Sir James Langham, Bart., the father of the present host, is a chef d'ccurre. A quarter of a century has elapsed since such doings'have been displayed here. The entertainment inspired the .greatest delight. At the hour of eight the' carriages began to: tirrive. At nine the dancing commenced With French' and German quadrilles. At twelve, the banquet was announced, and at the principal table 100 persons were accomniodated. The whole concluded at five o'clock on Saturday morning with Polish figures, a' country dance, and a clejettnc?. YeSterdaT evening an inquest was held, before Mr. Baker, Coroner, at the King of Prussia public-house, Dean -street, Shadwell, on the body of Thomas Mil bourne, aged 59 years, who died suddenly, on board the Integrity, a collier. William Gibbon, the cook of the ship, stated that the deceased was mate of the vessel, and on Saturday evening was suddenly attacked with a violent fit of coughing. He called the Carpenter, but his voice was very indistinct, and on reaching the companion, he said he was dying. The deceased managed to go down in the cabin, and seated himself in a chair, and vomited a large quantity of blood. 'Witness loosened his clothes and neckerchief, and directed the carpenter to go ashore for a doctor, but before his. return the mate had expired. The doctor, on seeinr , the deceased, said he had ruptured a blood-vessel, which was the cause of death. The Jury returned a verdict—" Died by the visitation of God."—An inquest was afterwards held, before the same Coroner and Jury, on the body of John Bligh, aged 16 years, who was found . drowned yesterday morning, in th e London Dock. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was in the employ of Mr. Ward, the shipowner, and on Sa turday morning, at eight o'clock, he was directed to carry three dozen of iron bolts to the ship Sphynx, in the East London Dock. He had to go over the " fly-bridge" and five ships to get to the vessel, but he never returned, and it is supposed that in passing from one vessel to the other, with the iron bolts on his shoulder, he fell overboard. Two of the bolts were found in the channel of a ship alongside the Sphynx. No one could give any account of the sup posed accident, but it. was proved he was on the dock quay. The Coroner said it was probable the deceased had fallen overboard between the two vessels, and that the weight of the iron carried him down immediately. A verdict of— Found Drowned" was returned. A DEN OF TII I EVES DISCOVERED AT : HEX-. lIAM.—We stated last week that two or three robberies had taken place lately in and near Hexham. Suspicion fell upon a man named Arch Little, a notorious character, and on the police searching his house, the principal part of the articles stolen were discovered, besides a large quantity of other articles, obtained no doubt, in the same manner ; the house, indeed, was completely stuffed with goods.. The police arrested the whole family, consisting of father, .son, and three daughters, and lodged them in the House of Correction. Several articles were found upon. their per sons, which had been stolen a few days before. Little's wife, it appeared, had left Hoxham that morning for New castle, by the steam train. An officer was appointed to 'wait her arrival, when she also was apprehended, and in her possession were found a double-barrelled gun, which had been stolen from Blaydon, and a large spice loaf, sugar, tea, &c. She was conveyed to prison. The 'town has since been in a state of complete bustle, owing to so many per sons who have lost .goods hastening to the Police office to endeavour to find them. Several of the articles have been identified and sworn to. The prisoners have been since committed to prison for trial at the Sessions at Newcastle. Upwards of 2000 persons collected when they were re moved from Hexham by the railway. Little is an old man of 70 years of age, and hobbles upon two sticks, and his wife is nearly as old ; the whole family taken into custody amounts to nine in number. An old offender, who is sup posed to have been an accomplice of Little's, unfortunately made his escape when the latter was taken. It is said that Little belongs to the neighbourhood of Brampton, and that a brother of his was hung at Carlisle some years ago.—Car lisle Journal. The Echo de la Frontiere of the 7th inst. states, that a little miracle of musical skill, named Borschard, has just appeared in Belgium, and executed airs on the piano at an age when dhildren are scarcely able to speak plain. This prodigy, a native of Valenciennes, is the granddaugh ter of Dr. Jacotot, and though only four.years and a half old, plays with astonishing skill. She performs accompani ments, and executes sonatas and difficult pieces with preci sion and time. She has arrived at this astonishing result by means of the method of universal instruction of M. Jacotot. . . The Municipal Council of the once famous and Papal city of Avignon have decreed the establishment watchmen ..by night ; the guardians of thil classic spot entered upon their arduous duties on the Ist of January instant, SPORTDI G INTELLIGENCE. • , ' 7 11 44 #!SID 'R T.E S /w i ci i4L RT ; r 6l . 3 to 1 on tilt field—offers to, take, , aito 1, 1111 DERBY: The expectation expressed by vs last I, , ek, as to the Babel cob was rla lised yestwlu, a ft ern oon,.am offer being ifit4o to baek.hirn him for 500 1 . agai 2 '_ cif ills other three favourite (the Mummy and Lord Jersey's tu j o,f, 48/Ake fh odds to 2001; at 1 13 to 1. The Mummy declined to 15 to 1, ald 1,04 Jersey's two appear to be quite out of the market, although the reeeht offers against them jointly have not exceeded 6to 1 ; Taishteer has ad vancod two or three points, but the odds against the other favourites have sustained little or no variation. Closing prices:- 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Babel colt—take 13 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy—offered 17 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Taishteer—take 20 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley 1,000 to 30 agst,Lord Exeter's BrOther to Beirain—taken 3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Brother to Bamfylde—taken 30 ,to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Weighton-- oAba. 10 t) 1 agst Mr Allen's Promise—taken CHESTER. TRADE CUP, P.P. (4101INTRY PRICES.) 8 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps—taken 10 to 1 agst Red Rover—taken 10 to 1 agst Altamont—taken 12 to 1 agst Jupiter—taken' 15 to 1 agst Barbara:Bell—taken TVALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLE-CHASE. This affair, which excited so much interest last year in the sporting world, and,drew together a vast concourse of specta tors, is fixed for to-morrow, the 13th instant. We find there are two steeple-chases to take place on the same day; eleven horses are already entered, and from the' known qualities of some of the leading ones, much sport may be expected. Lau restina and Parasol are among those well-known horses the former will be steered by Mr. PoWell (who rode the 'Witch, beating Captain Beecher, on Dorchester, for a match of 400 sovereigns, last week) ; the latter is expected to be favoured by the Captain ' and as the country at Waltham will be stiff, and some good brooks to cross, it will be worth while for a turfite to ride thirty miles to se,. especially as a match be tween the two has been talked of for 2001. The entire ma nagement *is under Mr. Reynolds, of 'Tottenham, where all entries will be open until this evening, at eight o'clock. How ever, should the weather continue as it is now, according to the articles, the chase will not take place until the following Wednesday, and every succeeding Wednesday, until the coun try is fit to ride. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The King's Stag Hounds meet on Friday, at Stoke Green—half past 11. The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds on Saturday at Croft Whin-11. The Cleveland Hounds on Thursday at Court Green ; Friday, at Wrelton—hf-p. 10. Mr. Barnard's Hounds on Friday at the Green Dragon, Corse Lawn. The Sinningrton Hounds on Friday at Wrelton ; 'Tuesday, at Helmsley—at 9. The Lambton Hounds on Thursday at the Hermitage ; Saturday, at Silksworth-11. The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Place House—half-past 10. The New Forest Hounds on Friday at Lyndhurst Hill ; Saturday, at Bolderwood—hf-p.lO. ZSir J. Cope's Hounds on Friday. at Mattingley Green—hf-p. 10. Mr. Codrington's Hounds on Saturday at Sutton Ivers-10. The Craven Hounds on Friday Chaddleworth Gate; Saturday, at Welford Woods--haf-past 10. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds on Thursday at Knayle Windmill— half-p. 10. Mr. Portman's Hounds on Thttrsday at Lydlinch Bridge ; Friday, at Shillington Cliff—half-past 10, The Vine Hounds on Friday at Woolverton—half-past 10. The York and Ainsty Hounds on Thursdayat Cope Grove; Satur day, at Aldvvark Wood—hf-p.lO. The 13edale Hounds on Friday at . ;Tanfield Bridge ; Saturday, at Thorp Perrow—half-past 10. The Norfolk Hounds on Saturday at Langor Bridge—hf-p. 10. The Hurworth Hounds on Saturday at Leven Bridge—at 10. The Eddlethorp Hounds on Friday at Pluckham—ilf-p. 10. Ld Harewood's Hounds on Friday at Wilstrop—lif-p. 10. The Boroughbridge Harriers on Friday at Roeliffe—hf-p.lO. Mr. Morgan's Hounds on Fridax at Perryland White Cate-11. The Llanblithian Harriers on Friday at Ogmore Down—hf-p.lO. The Monmouthshire Hounds on Saturday at Llanillo. The Pantykendy Hounds on Thursday at Cwmdyfran Forge-9. The Pembrokeshire Hounds on Thursday at Wolfsdale—at 10. ',The Tivyside Hounds on Thursday at Dolehaidd—hf-p. 10. The East Sussex Hounds on Fridayat Abbott's Wood; Saturday, at Asheombe---qr. toll . The Ashdown Forest Hounds on Friday at Abbott's Wood—qr. toll Mr. Carr's Hounds on Thursday at the Kennel—at 10. The Galewood Hounds on Friday at Netherwilton—half-past 10. The Alnwiek Hounds on Thursday at East Bolton—at 10. The Haydon Hounds on Saturday at West Heugh— at 9. The Morpeth Harriers on Friday at Cottingwood-9. Mr. Phillipps's Hounds on Thursday at Chapman's Well-10, Sir W. Carew's Hounds on Thursday at Peep Inn—hf.-p.lO. Lord Seagrave's Hounds on Saturday at Broadway Country The Cheltenham Harriers on Saturday at Hawling Gate-11. The Chesterfield Harriers on Fridayat Brunnington Comrhon-10. The Duke of Beaufort's Hounds on Thursday at Chavenham Green ; Saturday, at West . Kington Wood-10. Mr. Giles's Hounds on Friday at Newer's Wood—at 10. The Newent on Thursday at the Kennel ; Saturday, at Staunton Court. The East Kent Hounds on Fr4day at Ashley—half-past 10. The Burton Harriers on Wednesday at Masterton Parish. The Cadbury Harriers er4Wednesday at East Lydford Gate; Sa turday, at Sparkford Bridge. Mr. W. Horlock's Hounds on Wednesday at Brern'Aill Grove— half-past 10. The Devizes Harriers on Wedneday at Tan Hill ; Saturday, at Tinker's Plantation—.ll. The Marquis of Hastings' Hounds on Wednesday at Whitehorse Wood ; Saturday, at Morley Toll Bar—half-past 10. The C. H. on Wednesday, the 13th, at East Lydford Gate ; Wednesday, 20th, at Down House ; Saturday, at Anchor Bridge ; Wednesday, the 27th, at Babcary ; Saturday, at Calhampton. Captain Weir's Harriers on Wednesday, at Bsttsford Bridge-10. Mr. Browne's Hounds ion Wednesday at Bromjard ; Friday, at Stoke Lacy Village,,-0. The Easton Hounds on Wednesday at Tedney Ash-bed; Satur day, at Winrieks-10.. •.. Th e Cottesmore Hounds on Thursday at Hollywell—qr. to 11. Earl Fitwilliam's Fox Hounds on Wednesday, at Buckworth Village ; Thursday, at Walcot Park-10. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds on Wednesday, at Wellington ; Thurs day, at Wickenby ; Saturday, at Glentwolth—at 11. Lord Yarborough's Hounds on Wednesdayat Saxby Mill ; Friday, at Blyborough Hall ; Saturday, at Roxton Wood—at 11. Mr. Heanley's Hounds on Friday at Thornton Village-11. The Burton Vale Hounds en Friday at Thornhill Obelisk. Mr. A. Smythe's Hounds on Thu;sday at Finekley Down ; Fri day, at Porton Firs-11. The Thanet Halriers meet on Monday at Monkton Sea Mark ; Wednesday, at Minster Mills ; Friday, at Nash Court Hill—at 10. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hil ; Wed nesdays, at Lewes Race Course ; Fridays, at Telscombe past 10. The Brighton Harriers meet every Monday at Pecham ; Wed nesdays, at the Race Course; Fridays, at the Dyke. Mr. B. Fretwell's Hounds on Thursday at Winchcomb; Saturday, at the Rising Sun—at 11. Mr. Meynell's Hounds on Thursday at Longford ; Saturday, at Blythbury—half-past 10. Sir Hounds on Thursday at Acton Reynard; Saturday, at High Ercall—half-past 10. Mr. S. Owen's Hounds on Wednesday at-Uffington; Friday, at Condover Hall—hf-p. 10. The Wynnstav Hounds on Saturday, at Overton Cross—at 11. Mr. Wicksted's Hounds on Wednesday at Hales ; Saturday, at Blackbrook—hf-p. 10. The Albrighton Hounds on Thursday at Middleton Gorse ; Sa turday, at Whiston—hf-p. 10. The Herefordshire Hounds on Friday at Cannon Froome-10. The Cheshire Hounds on Wednesday at Kindcrton ' • Thursday, at ' Tatton Park; Saturday, at Bartington Heath Monday, the 18th, at Hutford Bridge ; Wednesday, at Banbury Heath ; Thursday, at Burleydam Village ; Saturday, at Minshull—hf-p. 10. Mr. H. Villebois's Harrierson Wednesday at the Kennel : Friday, at Fryars Thorns-11. The Knapton Harriers on Friday at Trunch Crown--31. Mr. Richard Bagge's Harriers on Thursday at Mr. Kendle's ; Sherbourne-11. TheCambridgeshire Hounds on Friday at Potton Wool—hr-p. 10 Mr. Mure's Hounds on Thursday at Ilrinliley—lif-.p.10 The Oakley Hunt (Mr. Dansey's Hounds) on Thursday at Odell Village; Saturday, at Silsoe—quarter to 11. The Sanclbeek hounds on Wednesday at Bramley Village ; Friday, at Pebley Lane Inn—half-past 10. The Badsworth Fox Hounds on Thursday at Or.-ston ; Saturday, at Friston—hf-past 10. Mr. Foljambe's Fox Hounds on Thursday at Beckingham Bar ; Saturday, at Osberton—hf-p 10. The Warwickshire Hounds on Thursday at Long Itchington ; Sa turday, at Eatington Village—qr to 11. The Atherstone Hounds on Thursday at _Birch Coppice ; Satur day, at Sibson—qr. to 11. 111 r. Muster's Hounds on Wednesday at the sth milestone, Mans field road ; Friday, at Adbolton—hf-p. 10. , The Raiford Hound s on W e d nes d ay a t Dibd a l e Bar ; Thursday, at Walesby ; Saturday, at Besthorp--hf-p. 10. The Holderness Hounds on Thursday, at Burton Agnes; Saturday, at Kilnwick Percy-11. Mr. C. Brock's Hounds on Friday at Howell Park—hf-p.lO. Mr. Vyner's•Hounds on Friday at Crackley Wood-Lhalf-past 10. The Craven Hounds on F, iday at Chaddleworth Gate ; Satur• day, at Welford Woods—half-past 10. The Wigton Harriers on. Wednesday at • Lowhouses ; Friday, a: Roslev=at 10. The Inglewood Hounds on Thursday at Bell Bridge—at 10. The Royston Harriers on Thursday at Kneesw•orth Toll-bar-1' The South Wold Hounds on Friday at Thoresby Village-at 11. The Hambleton Hounds on Friday at Boltby—at 10. The Tiverton Hounds on Thursday at Legh IVood—hf-R.lO. Mr. Murray's Hounds on . Thursda7y at FA ton Village; Saturday, at Comlongan ; Monday, at Millhouse Bridge-10. Mr. Moreton's Hounds on Wednesday at Ashton Keynes ; Friday, at Shirvenham ; Saturday, at Burderop—hf.-p.lO. The Whitfield Harriers on Thursday at Apperley May - pole. The F. B. Hounds on Saturday at Cassawes Wood—at.lo. The Charborough Hounds on Wednesday at Ham Turnpike Gate —half-past 10. The Western Hunt Hounds on Friday at Rosekestal, in St. Levan—at 8. Sir E:Dering's Hounds on Thursday at Hothfield Heath--11. Sir Clifford Constable's Hounds met on Friday, at the Ken tells, and the company partook of a ddeunq:a la fourchette. ,‘,Amongst the gentlemen assembled, the uniform of Sir Clif ford's Hunt was the favourite costume. The stag was turned out at M ount Pl easant, an d h av i ng starte d i n ga ll a nt style , le d them a chase of about twent-six miles, and then took the sea near Bollington. We glad 1— ' are to say, )(mover, by the •ceedetl in , preventive men, who put'out a boat, and sue he was Saved taking him about a mile out g sea. According to ,the , judg ment of th e o ld est fox-hunters, it was the best run that has been known in Holderness. Considering the heaviness of the country and the length of the run , the huntsman and part of the company k ept up well witb was a grand sight the dogs. .. The last six miles were in f u ll ~: nlong the Cliff, where the stag. and dogs .gentleme- ..e i tv, II After the c hase, about seven o'clock, the wa• ~e of t.ne r .unt met at Mount Pleasart, where a dinner provided for them. Several healths were drank ; amongst othets, the health of the owner of the hounds, and St.'.(Tf,SS to fthe Hunt, was received with th e ut m ost enthusiasm. . C UPY OF A DISPATCHFROM COUNT. POZZO DI BORGO, DATED PARIS 10TH (22D) DECEMBER, 1820. (From the Porfofio.—No. 6.) I have the Loaour to transmit to your Excellency the cor - esnondenee I have received from the Imperial Missions in Spain and Portugal. ly first wish on its receipt was to have forwarded it im mediately to the Imperial Cabinet ; but on the one hand it would have been imprudent to have confided to the post digptatobes containing observations of a delicate nature, w hi c h it w old not have been wise to expose to the perlus (ration of all Europii t pnd, on the other, I scruple to send aim2st at every instant eitraordinary couriers with dispat ches whicii did not appear to and entirely to j u ?tify either the mode or expei;se of such a mode or transmission. In order to remedy as much as lay in my power the in conveniences of delay, if any existed, I hastened to transmit the most important news to your Excellency, and I trust that the Imperial Cabinet has not been deprived in the in terval of any essential intelligence worthy of exciting its curiosity or engaging its attention. The whole of this correspondence, as now submitted to your Excellency, contains the proof that the orders of his Majesty the Emperor have been executed with strict punc tuality at Madrid and Lisbon. That the language held by the representatives of Russia, and the subsidiary directions, based upon the general in structions of the . Imperial Ministry, which they have re ceived from me, have constantly aimed at inculcating jus tice and moderation on the two governments of the Peninsula. That France and England, although having relations, and affecting interests opposed to each other, are unanimously. satisfied with the. attitude and the conduct of all his .Majes ty's servants charged with the execution of his high will, whether at Madrid and Lisbon, or at Paris and London, and that this sentiment is manifested by public avowals, and by proofs of gratitude. • This result, M. Le Compte, is of value ; because I ven ture to hope it will merit the approbation of his' Majesty the Emperor ; and secondly, because in the midst. bf dis cordant opinions and passions, the policy of Russia pre serves that juste milieu adapted to its general interests, and to its special position as regards this species of affairs. TllB satisfaction we derive from the conviction of having acted in acdo ordanee with the rules of wisdom and impar tiality, cannot holcTver diminish the painful feeling caused ' by the progress of disort!..'7, beyond the Pyrenees, the dan gerous measures which have Veen the consequence, and those which may be adopted hereafter'. In submitting to the Imperial Cabinet thd observations in my report of the 24th October (sth November' ; I coJd not avoid—notwithstanding the confidence in which Mr. Canning and M. de Villele lived, of preventing collision be tween Spain, alarmed, Violent, and obstinate, and Portugal, in the revolutionary act--apprehending different. and deplo rable results. My fears were founded on the one hand upon the incompatibility of the- interests of the two coun tries ; and, on the other, upon the error of the two Cabi nets ; namely, that of London, in not pronouncing itself fa vourably on the fate of Don Miguel ; and that of Paris, in having for its representative the Marquis de Moustier, an instrument hateful to all the representatives of the Sovereigns of Europe at Madrid, and faithless to his own Government. These fears have proved but too well founded.. Whilst the King of Spain promised in his notes to eooduct himself prudently, and to take advantage of the advice offered to him not to tamper with his good faith, and to avow ;tom mitting errors that nobody could dare to defend or dissernd ble—his agents, or those of the faction which rule him, or ganised a corps darme6 of Portuguese, who should have. been dispersed and disarmed, and prepared without: care or shame the invasion of the Portuguese territory by the Mar quis de Chaves and other refugee chiefs. The plan was so much the more senseless that it tended to produce quite the contrary effect to that which its au thors expected. In fact, by leaving the Constitution of Don Pedro to its own defects, it would, in its execution, have met - with real obstacles in Portugal itself. These ob stacles, arising internally, would not have furnished to Eng land a motive for defendin,g,it, and perhaps they would have been obliged to leave it to perish, or allow it to be modified ; but from the moment that the Spaniards attacked it, before its vices were known, that attack afforded to Great Britain a motive for intervention, and the Constitution itself be came an object of interest and of union to,the Portuguese, as soon as they combined to defend it against Spanish in fluence.. We have never ceased to inculcate and declare these truths, since the apparition of.the-o- Charte" of Don Pedro; but the Court of Madrid and its counsellors have never been brought to admit their importance, France on her sidelas lost three months - in injudiciously offered remon strances,' and has allowed herself to be overtaken by events which :ware pointed out to her, while there was yet time to exert herself with more sense and efficiency to prevent them. The news of the invasion had hardly reached London when the Cabinet determined to send to Parliathent the message already known. Mr. Canning had it communicated to-blade Villele the day before the opening of the Chambers. This it was that caused the insertion of the phrase which terminates the King's speech, and which invokes the warrior virtues - of France, if they were again called upoil to display themselves in defence of national honour. In the meantime, the orders given to Mr. Lamb changed. their tone at almost every instant. Now they were peremp tory that he should quit Mrdrid, and now that he should defer taking so decisive a step. We learnt at the same time that the Regent had caused it to be notified to the Count de Casa Flores, the Spanish Minister, that his diploMatic quality ceased to be recog nized, and that she bad ordered her Charge d'Affaires at Madrid to demand and obtain the recognition of the Re gency, or to depart within twenty-four hours. Upon this news, the Baron de llamas dispatched a courier to counsel the Catholic King to admit` the demand er the Portuguese Government, and availed myself of that.' opportunity to address the annexed dispatch so M. d'Oubril. _ _ The hope that this would serve to prove in London that re left no means_untried to allay the storm, determined me to send a copy of it immediately to Prince Leven. People were in anxious expectation, and in .some sort alarmed as to what was to happen, when the speech of Mr. Canning in the House of Commons came upon them by surprise, and in the most painful manner. • IF ever those who have examined the political character of this Minister have judged harshly of hiS principles, and have prognosticated that he was capable of respecting neither justice .nor propriety, whenever his interest or anzour-propre required their sacrifice, they have certainly found in this cir cumstance the most complete proof and justification of their painful presentiment. It is when he avows that he is convinced of the sincerity of the intentions and of the efforts of . France to restrain Spain within-the limits of duty and moderation, that he I , boasts of having caused to that France all the evil that he I could, in rendering to her the guardianship, even more than . the occupation, of the Peninsula injurious and disastrous. Mr. Canning adds, that to avenge himself for the war against the Revolutionists, of spain, he has consolidated the revolt of America, and secured its independence. Not content with limiting to the two monarchies, which he nominally designates the influence of the evils in which he glories in being the author, he announces that he re serves a more 'powerful portion for the remainder of the world. Ile declares that England, seated upon the caverns of the revolutionary winds, has the power of letting them . lodse, to confound heaven and earth, thrones and institu tions ; and to render that Europe, whose destiny he holds in his hands, a vast field of disorder and desolation. .. . To aN'crt the necessity of opening up the cataracts of his fury, and to avoid becoming its victims, he conjures us all to occupy - ourselves in propitiating - him. .. -When we think that this language has proceeded from the mouth of such a man, and under such circumstances ; that no voice , was raised. to contradict him ;. that, • on the contrary, all have re-echoed his words with an enthusiasm equal to that with which he sounded the pean of vengeance unprovoked—we are led to painful but necessary reflec tions ; namely, that in England •a revolution of men's minds is taking place against the tranquillity of the Con tinental Monarchies ; and that if any contest whatever .Should take place between Great Britain and any other power, the man who presides over the Cabinet of London, and the nation in general, would have recourse to means the most heinous to accomplish their ends, and to satisfy the pride and insatiable rapacity which characterise them. As to the truth of the assertions of Mr. Canning-, it is happily more than problematical ; his evil intentions alone are proved. It is falSe that he has aggravated the situation of the French in Spain. It is not correct to say that lie is the author of the separation of the Spanish Colonies. Five years of revolt, without encountering almost any resistance, the misfortunes and imbecility of the councils of Spain, pre sent s ufficient and immediate causes, without seeking for others more remote. The rhetoric of Mr. Canning and his' precipitation have cost Great Britain a cowinercial and financial crisis greater and more severe than she has ever suffered, and from which she is very far from having re covered. These facts are evident, but no one remembers them, because the rag e of annoying the Continental Mo narchies renders her leSs sensible to her 'own misfortunes. As to,the facility of exciting revolutions, I hope, and am cony need, that it is infinitely less.great than is boasted of by the English. They may excite troubles and form conspi racies, if such means appear to them preferable, but. they swill themselves.. lose their victims without the power of defending there . ; because they have no armies to support them, and beeinise those whom- they have doomed to destruction will be wanting deithyr in energy nor in means for 'preserving This speech has provoked general indignation, but as 1 p ci a :t s e io d n th tt e ir e n r s ro a r l s l t o l f lin rv g ir s . t c o an it n s it o ig w .w n it a li c c t o h u o n s e t , o p f ay yh . de a v s in a sesioe-, sc the disapprobat'on sof the'fiist has been attenuate from t'le desire of making use ,of his language to the dcf - a - 1- sent of the 'second. As for myself, notwithstand:Pg the great appreciation Which I could not avoid of a circumstance so significant and reprehensible, I spoke of it with the President of the Coun cil and Baron de Damns .in a calm and delibeote manner, and exhorted them not to fall into the snare by,recrimina tions, the only means of avoiding an immediate rupture, at; the point at which they had already arrived. I must do these two ministers the justice of saying, that they were of the same opinion, and that all that was requi site to arrange between us was how to put it in practice in a manner consistent with the dignity. of the king and the country, and capable of restraining those who by imprudence or malignity would have wished to confound all and to com promise all. We were upon these terms when Prince * Lieven, impressed with the dangers of the situation, and of the necessity of communicating without loss of time, sent to me the Asses seur de College. Labensky,' with his reports of the 13th, 14th, am! 15th December (N.S.), accompanied by a private letter, con t a ;,ning confidential information, which I might find useful in giCing a proper direction to the French Cabi net, as the most certain means of holding that of London in moderation, and thus prevent a war between the two countries. This packet readied me.on the night of the 6th (18th), after the Ministry had just quittej the hotel of the embassy, where the name-day of his majesty ,the Emperor had been celebrated. I went immediately to AI. de Vinci° to con firm any preceding arguments by the information and rea sonings that I bad received from London. The President of the Council was strengthened still more in the resolutions he had already taken, and explained to me the , spe,ech which Baron de Damas would pronounce the next day in the Chamber of Peers, on the occasion of the address to the King. Everything being thus arranged, the speech was deliv.ered the next day. Your Excellency will perceive its tenor from the enclosed papers. On examining the whole _of the facts and the position, it appears to me to contain everything that might offer to Mr. Canning motives for arresting his violence. The question is now reduced to the conduct of Spain. With the certainty that, notwithstanding the intrigues of the Court of Madrid, it will never dare to pass a single armed Spaniard into the Portuguese territory, the Cabinet of London, if it desire to avoid a rupture with his Catholic Majesty, as it to be hoped, tvill for stronger reasons avoid it with France. _ _ Everything, then, leads me to believe that we shall avoid, for the moment at least, the conflragation which menaces the middle of Europe. such,M. le Comte, is the perspective I am glad to be 6k t o anticipate, although we must wait to learn the issue: of some events which are probable ; namely, the preserva tion of Lisbon from the presence of the insurgents, and from the arrival of ,the English troops ; the defeat of the Portuguese refu gees ent ;, , ring from the side of Alentejo ; the failure in the progress Pf those from the north , with other circumstances wich must naturally accompany and characterise these movements. If the enemies of the Regency shoui,d be weakened, and their ruin be sufficiently indicated, the commotion will be appeased, the counsellors of the King of Spa:P will discern their impotence, Mr. Canning will calm himsolf, and we shall have yet time to breathe, and to see if it is poosible to arrive at any accommodation which may render compatible the existence of the two Governments 'Of the Peninsula. This will be a difficult and laborious task, but another will arise in no ways inferior to the first. 'I speak of the direct struggle which will take place between France and Eng land upon the evacuation of the Peninsula by their troops. Undoubtedly the English flag will not quit Portugal un less that of France abandon Spain. The reciprocity appears of right, however there is no proposition in the state of the question. In evacuating Lisbon, the English Government is sure of returning there at will, because the country is in her hands, and she holds it under the dominion of her squadrons ; but, in quitting Cadiz, France delivers it to the King of Spain, who is not sure of holdino. it. A local revolt, easily provoked in a town impoverished, and inha bited principally by a population of foreign extraction, will motive the presence of an English commercial agent—Men he must be protected, and finally, occupation and conquest. England has pecuniary claims on Spain. Mr. Canning threatens at every moment to repay himself by force. The day may come when be will sieze this bulwark as pledge and value for the indemnity which he cannot obtain lyr ne gociation. An oration, flattering the passions of the public = amplifications on, tbe,advantages that will accrue to com merce—on the evil's that 'Spain will suffer—on the humilia tion that Fraiice will undergo—on the dangers that will result:to the family .of the Bourbons, will not-only justify the violence, but will Carnish an occasion for triumph, and the bowels of all England will leap for joyat. the sight of t a - .) injustice—great, useful, ao—committed with impunity. l i i anticipating this question, i am far from admitting it amongst those that we have now to debate. It will present itself' but too seen, and if I have; takers the liberty of speak ing of it, it is to prerare the Imperial .Cti,Vmet for its ap pearance, and to point out all its importance.. • This dispatch contains all that I have been Able to gather relative to the affairs of the Peninsula; mid to the complica tions which have been brought about by the interference of England and France. They are not yet of a nature to make us despair of peace. It is to this end, M. Le Comte, that I shall not cease to use every effort, as that which is conformable to the listen tions and the orders of our aiirust Master. I have the honour to be, &c. &C. • Among the institutions' of Vienna there are two which are peculiar. One is a Matson d'Accouchentent, into which any female can enter veiled, remain till after the period of her labour, and depart unknown, leavinr , her child in the care of the institution, which rears it as a found-- 14v, 'lts object is a benevolent prevention of infanticide. The other is a private Penitentiary, to which the fathers of respectable families can send for reformation children'whom they are ut:able to govern. The name is kept. a secret, and the culprits are returned to their families after a proper time, punished Izithout disgrace. i'ride of character is thus preserved, while the delinquent is firmly corrected. Maria Louisa confesed to the Emperor' that wben her marriage with him 17. - as first proposed, she could not help feeling a - kind of terror, owing to the accounts she had heard of Napoleon from the individuals of her family., When she mentioned these reports to her uncles, the - Arch.. dukes, who were very urgent for the marriage,' they replied, 4"rhat: all was very true while he was our enemy, but the case is altered now." qf' "To afford an idea. of the sympathy and good-will with which the di ff e rent members of the Austrian family were taught to regard mc," said 'the Emperor, " it is sufficient to mention, that one of the young Archdukes frequently burned his dolls, which he called roasting .Napoleon. Fin afterwards declared he would not roast me any more, for lie loved me very much because I had given his sister Louisa plenty of money to buy him play things."—Las Cam/ Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The following are sonic 'of the particulars of the melancholy shipwreck of the S p Francis Spaight, of Limerick, T. Gorman master, 3f3 tons measurement, from St. John's, New Brunswick, bound to Limerick, with a cargo of timber left the former port on the November, and on the_ night of the 3d of December, whilst lying to 'in a heavy gale of wind from. the westward, was hove on berbeam • caj.s, aril turned nearly bottom up, all her masts and yards being undar water-; the crew got upon her side, and suceeeded, .acme time, in cutting away the weather lanyards of the fore and main rigg ing, when the masts happily broke; and the ship righted, the mate and two seamen being washed away, together With everything on deck, and not leavin;t the smallest particle 'Of provisions or water (which were iunfortunately stowed in the poop) for the survivors, pow 14 in number, to subsist on. They continued in this dreadful -condition, without food and scarcely any clothing; the sea making, - a -fair breach over them, until the morning of the I Set (15 days),:v.then, fi nding it impossible to exist any longer Without satisfying the crav ings of hunger, they were driven to the neaessity of drawing lots who 'should die for the others, when it fell on a boy, whose body they subsisted on until the 20th, when one of the remaining crew became insane, having drunk of salt water too freely ; and being near expiring, they put an end to his suffer ings, to save his blood to quench their increasing thirst. On the morning of the 23d another grew insane, and his life was also taken for the same encL The number Was now r educed to eleven ; they became more reeeneiled to their hcpeless state, and they continued drivina. about at the `nervy of the wind and sea, until a sail providentially appeared 1 sght o n the 23d December, which proved to be the brig Arglwra.' of and from St. John's, Newfoundland, then in latitude 47 north, and longitude 37, west, bound to T e ignmoutb Jenard master, Who succeeded 'aften great risk in rescuing , them from the wreck - , and brought-them into this port last his who; not w s i p tl e ts a t k and i i n n ' g th i e f evening. Captain Grornraa and highest praise of Captain Miura, was attended with great personal risk,' went himself in his ey boat to take them off, and afterl ttlother were on, as of tr board t his vessel, behaved with the g reatest humanit y and kindness: the l\ nlirasr.vellorrli, tells herl°Pe'arrettie oil : g ders that th ere are amusingnoold maids in France,; for that ladies who find themselves unmarried at thirty general l y ha n g or d P oA citEn.—The crime of poachino - seems to he gr eatly on the increase in n o 1 1 „ a , lead as usual to - murder. In a s ilseivP''' addition t well s districts of Scotland .; and will, if not checked,• doubtles.; too n many y villaget other some bands, tins part of th e coun t r y h a s been' visited`; d ; as last s season, by strang ers f r o m th e wes t, icl'oininn• the English. -border. This gang is most daring,- entering into the park and woods of country seats early at night, and shoot ing game of alisorts, within a few hundred - yards of the mansion-house and offices.--Kelso 1 1 ile